Numbers 22:4 BSB — MannaFest

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23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and it said	H559 →
מוֹאָ֜ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
זִקְנֵ֣י	zik.Nei	[the] elders of	H2205 →
מִדְיָ֗ן	mid.Yan	Midian	H4080 →
עַתָּ֞ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
יְלַחֲכ֤וּ	ye.la.cha.Khu	they will lick up	H3897 →
הַקָּהָל֙	ha.ka.Hal	the company	H6951 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ	se.Vi.vo.Tei.nu	around us	H5439 →
כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ	kil.Chokh	as licks up	H3897 →
הַשּׁ֔וֹר	ha.Shor	the ox	H7794 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
יֶ֣רֶק	Ye.rek	[the] greenery of	H3418 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
וּבָלָ֧ק	u.va.Lak	and Balak	H1111 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
צִפּ֛וֹר	tzi.Por	Zippor	H6834 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[was] king	H4428 →
לְמוֹאָ֖ב	le.mo.'Av	of Moab	H4124 →
בָּעֵ֥ת	ba.'Et	at the time	H6256 →
הַהִֽוא׃	ha.Hiv'	<the> that	H1931 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 31:8
Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
leads to
- Jude 1:11
  Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 13:21–22
  all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and…
- Numbers 25:15
  And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
- Revelation 2:14
  But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…
Through
Judges 11:25
Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
leads to
- Micah 6:5
  My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
- Joshua 24:9–10
  Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
- Deuteronomy 23:3–4
  No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
Through
Numbers 22:7
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
leads to
- Micah 3:11
  Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.Numbers 25:15–18And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.Genesis 25:2and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Numbers 25:6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 22:7The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.Judges 11:25Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?Joshua 13:21–22all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.Numbers 22:2Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,Jeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.1 Kings 11:18Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.Deuteronomy 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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